+ Mt Gox has clearly made several times more revenue (through trading fees) than this incident would cost them to completely absorb.
I have no idea if you are who you so you are. I also agree that it is highly improbably that a single user was storing so many bitcoins on mt gox. However, this statement is not true. You are claiming that Mt Gox has already made millions of dollars and could absorb this loss without going under and taking the entire bitcoin economy with them. I fail to see how Mt Gox being made insolvent and lots of people ending up with no cash is a better outcome than rolling back trades (which again, happens all the time). I agree that Mt Gox and all exchanges need to be more explicit about this in the future but I don't think they have a legal or ethical obligation to honor the trades.
Yeah, the story of you, Kevin is very fascinating. I hope that many people or bitcoin users will be inspired about your story and I think they can also be like you.
